Recent content by Gamma1214

Looking good. I've often thought about trying the herringbone all the way to the center... I like the way it looks. Sadly, I'm a creature of habit and tend to gravitate toward the "quick & dirty" routes, so I cut the centerline.

Those clouds look like the ones the aliens generate to disguise their fly-overs.

I'm in the "patch it, paddle it, enjoy it" camp but it depends on the extent of the damage whether I'd bother patching it. If the glass is intact on both inside & out and the cracking appears to be limited to the core (does a fingernail or ball point pen catch in any of the cracks?), I'd...

I watched it last night. Well done.

True but if you practice you'll be able to. I was once told: “We don't rise to the level of our expectations; we fall to the level of our training.” ― Archilochus

Looks like fun & a great place to practice ww skills. Great to see the big tandems playing in the rapids instead of just getting flushed downstream too... nicely done.

Not me. I skipped law school but any rule the gubbermint is neither willing nor able to enforce is merely a suggestion.

Bite your tongue

Welcome, Bart. Kids & grandkids using them (even once in awhile) seems like a great reason to maintain a fleet. Any tripping possibilities (multi-day) in the area?

Sadly, I think Average Joe believes that the $300, 2 piece kayak from Walmart, Rural King or (I suppose) Canadian Tire is every bit as capable as any canoe out there. For his purposes, (and day paddling only) perhaps he's right. It's when you start overnight trips and portaging that the...

If it's just from the car to the water, I hang it by the gunwale from one shoulder. If I'm portaging any distance, I tie two paddles from the seat to the thwart (which I have set 28 inches ahead of the seat for that reason). That way, there's no extra weight, nothing to lose in camp at night...

I'm always fishing and, for me, there's no such thing as a quick cup of coffee on the go (I've yet to try an instant that I found palatable) Here's my compact(ish) kitchen: The cold handle frying pan & stainless spatula work great for the fish fry, hash browns, eggs, etc, while the...

Yes, I met Robin at WPASCR. Actually, one of the reasons I'm considering making the trip... turnabout is fair play. IIRC, he said the trip to Butler was about 10 hours due to Toronto traffic. 5 am start would put me though Toronto around noon (depending, of course, on traffic in Pittsburgh...

Hmm... 8 hours depending on traffic through Toronto. Might be interesting to compare to WPASCR... Do people bring private boats? (I'd be taking the Tamarack Raven or the Bloodvein- not the psychedelic Merlin)

There are a couple of logging companies in this area that will take nice trees within sight of property lines regardless of which side they are supposed to be cutting. I guess the theory is that the fines they pay when they get caught are less than the value of the trees they illegally harvest...